Enterprise Architecture Book

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The First Enterprise Architecture Book on the market that compares the 15 most popular EA Frameworks in the World, Updated Third Edition.

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How to Survive in the Jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks: Creating or Choosing an Enterprise Architecture Framework

by Jaap Schekkerman

266 pages; Third Edition 2006; Quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #03-1984; ISBN 1-4120-1607-X; US$40.11, C$46.13, EUR32.95, £23.07

How to survive in the jungle of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks is describing the dilemma of creating or choosing an Enterprise Architecture Framework. Several popular EA frameworks are described with their specific characteristics and an overview of the supporting EA Tools is given.

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Third Edition 2006
This third edition is a major update related to the second edition published in 2004. A set of 40 new pages of additional information is added too this 3rd edition. Even so additional enhancements are added to several sections. The European Interoperability Framework is added to the frameworks section, a new chapter about EA modelling languages is added and the complete enterprise architecture tools section is rewritten based on the latest developments in the world of EA tools due to changes in the Enterprise Architecture tooling market.

Second Edition 2004
This second edition is an update of the first edition published December 2003 with some refinements and enhancements on several pages and a refreshment and actual update of the tools selection paragraph, due to changes in the Enterprise Architecture tooling market.

First Edition 2003

Several times in my Enterprise Architecture (EA) practice, people asked me which framework shall I adopt or what are the benefits of the Zachman framework over TOGAF, etc. Others asked me to help them to define their own corporate EA framework. Before answering these types of questions, it is important to know what the differences and commonalities are of these frameworks and standards.

This book explains the role of Enterprise Architecture Frameworks and shows the differences between the most popular Enterprise Architecture Frameworks now a day available in the world.

With the growing importance of Enterprise Architecture [EA] at the same time, the discussion started how to create or choose the right Enterprise Architecture Framework & Tools for your organisation in the jungle of the existing ones.

Giving an overview of the history of most Enterprise Architecture frameworks as well as their purpose, scope, principles, structure, guidance and compliance, will support you in identifying the usefulness of these Enterprise Architecture frameworks for your own situation. For the in-depth details of the described Enterprise Architecture Frameworks, references to the original sources of information are added in the chapter References & Bibliography.

A separate chapter is addressing how to select a suitable Enterprise Architecture tool that reflect the organization needs. Even so an overview is given of the most common EA tools today on the market and their support of frameworks.

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About the Author

In 2001, Jaap Schekkerman founded the 'Institute For Enterprise Architecture Developments' (IFEAD) the Netherlands (http://www.enterprise-architecture.info or http://www.e2pm.info) and is today the President and Thought Leader of this research institute. IFEAD is today one of the most important sources of information related to Enterprise Architecture in the world and is working close together with other research organizations, institutes and universities all over the world to create an open and independent platform for Enterprise Architecture research, developments and knowledge exchange.

To practice the research & development activities, Jaap Schekkerman B.Sc. joined Verdonck, Klooster & Associates the Netherlands as their Opinion Leader in Business Technology Strategy & Enterprise Architecture. Verdonck, Klooster & Associates is an independent, high professional consulting firm specialized in Enterprise Architecture, working for the top management of governmental organizations and industry. (http://www.vka.nl)

Jaap Schekkerman is managing IFEAD in parallel with his consulting and opinion leader activities for Verdonck, Klooster & Associates. Jaap Schekkerman is a world wide well-known teacher, consultant, researcher, speaker, advisor and publicist in the areas of Business Technology Stratgey, Enterprise Architecture and Enterprise Portfolio Management.

Jaap Schekkerman is even so the Vice-President of the International Association of Enterprise Architects, USA. (http://www.aeajournal.org)

From 1995 till 2005, Jaap Schekkerman was working as a strategic Business-IT consultant for Capgemini and became Capgemini’s international Thought Leader in Business Technology Strategy & Enterprise Architecture, where he was practicing his knowledge, experience and research in several roles and responsibilities with customers like Philips, World of TUI, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Justice, NUON, etc.

Jaap Schekkerman is working for more then 30 years in the Business, IT & Consultants world in several roles and responsibilities and he has more then 20 years experience in the areas of Business Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture.
He has coached and managed complex and large enterprise architecture programs in the Defence world, the Governmental area, Health Care environment, Travel Industry and High Tech Industry.

Jaap Schekkerman is giving lectures on the topics of Information Management & Enterprise Architecture at Universities and Higher Professional Education institutes.

Schekkerman has published several methods, articles and books on topics related to Enterprise Architecture and he is a frequently invited speaker on national and international congresses and symposia.